It's obvious that Republicans are against an independent press and freedom of speech, 2 cornerstones of a democracy. That's why I hate Repubicans. Republicans want to suppress news that doesn't fit their agenda, and they call it "liberal news", when it's just a true story the public should know about. There is no liberal news. And I never saw any liberal trying to suppress news or a dissenting opinion. I only see Repubicans and conservatives trying to suppress news and dissenting opinions.

For Big Dan: The most "liberal" news of the last five years is two stolen elections. And where have you read anything about them in the mainstream press, or heard about them on TV?

Amazingly, Jack Abramoff's problems are going to blow the cover off everything. And all because Scanlon's jilted ex-girl friend decided to turn the tables on him! Almost like a cheap novel, isn't it?

This is going to be a new kind of "liberal news." The media haven't been willing to touch election fraud (corporate bosses have forbidden it), but they're already into the Abramoff scandal pretty deeply. So now that the dots connect from Abramoff and Ney to DeStefano and Diebold, and now that Diebold's C.E.O. has gone down, they've had three class-action suits filed against them, and they've failed a hack test in Florida, it's hard to see how it all won't come out in the wash.

Even the New York Times and Washington Post, in all their above-the-fray arrogance, won't be able to separate the pork from the chaff this time. Maybe I shouldn't say pork...Abramoff is kosher (sic), and we're talking about politicians here besides.

David Brock of mediamatters, formerly "one of them", said in his book, that the GOP strategy is to either suppress true, important news stories from the public, or float false stories contradicting the true ones they couldn't suppress, because the MSM doesn't filter out the false stories AND to confuse the public.

Big K and Paul confuse "legal presumption of innocence," the right of every accused person (except Guantanmo detainees), with public awareness of one's character. People know DeLay is a sleaze, and the charges he faces seem to fit his manner and public conduct. So his enemies are now rejoicing in his difficulties...not because they don't want him to be treated fairly in court, rather because it's human to want to see bullies get their due. DeLay is the archetype of a political bully.

"SEC. 213. AUTHORITY FOR DELAYING NOTICE OF THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT.

Section 3103a of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `(a) IN GENERAL- ' before `In addition'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(b) DELAY- With respect to the issuance of any warrant or court order under this section, or any other rule of law, to search for and seize any property or material that constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in violation of the laws of the United States, any notice required, or that may be required, to be given may be delayed if--

`(1) the court finds reasonable cause to believe that providing immediate notification of the execution of the warrant may have an adverse result (as defined in section 2705);

`(2) the warrant prohibits the seizure of any tangible property, any wire or electronic communication (as defined in section 2510), or, except as expressly provided in chapter 121, any stored wire or electronic information, except where the court finds reasonable necessity for the seizure; and

`(3) the warrant provides for the giving of such notice within a reasonable period of its execution, which period may thereafter be extended by the court for good cause shown.'.

Everything here says it can be DELAYED - nowhere does it say it may be IGNORED! So why the F**K is Bushco doing warrantless spying!!!!!!!! And how is it not in breach of his own Patriot Act?